CounterPulse, a great performance space South of Market run in large part by San Francisco activist and historian Chris Carlsson (blog here), started its Spring Talk series two weeks ago with a lecture on the San Francisco general strike of 1934 and the Oakland general strike of 1946. Last Wednesday, Greg Gaar gave an amazing slideshow presentation on the changing natural face of the city since the 1850s. On 8 February, a group of speakers will talk about the city’s history with the Philippines and local Filipino history. There’s a theoretical $3-to-$5 sliding scale, which I encourage everyone to pay, but lack of funds is no reason not to show — the City Lights Foundation (once again Lawrence Ferlinghetti finds his way into my blog!) has provided financial backing, and voluntary donations are collected by passed hat. This is fun stuff! Five bucks ain’t too much to pay for the kind of local education that can help us get a better grip on our present, and if you haven’t got an Abe, well… nobody’s looking, nobody’s judging, and you need this knowledge even more than those of us who can pay for it.

San Franciscans: Come.

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